Wire staple.



W. H. PAGEa WIRE STAPLE.

APPLIOATION FILED pom. 3,1907.

Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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ATTORNEY.

WITNESSES @f%w@z% step WILLIAM HANSELL PAGE, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

' WIRE STAPLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

latented April 27, 1909.

Application filed October 3, 1907. Serial No. 896,769.

To all whom it 11w. concern:

Be it known t at 1, WILLIAM HANSELL PAGE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Phila delphia and'State of Penns lvania, have invented a new and useful ire Staple, forwhich I have not taken out patent in, an country, and of which thefollowing is a full: clear,. and exact description and specification.

The obi'ect of my invention is to provide a wire. step e which shall bereadily driven and the prongs of which in the driving shall take curvedoutward courses, forming two hooks, and creating a clenching engagementwith the material into which the staple is driven.

My invention also comprises an improved 'de plate to be used inconnection with said staple to facilitate in its driving and also in theefiicient engagement of the wire or rod to be held in place between saidstaple and Figur 1 is an elevation of my improved c Fig. 2, is aperspective view of the plate adapted to be used therewith. Fig. 3, s'a. rspec'tive view of the staple and p ate m' t e imtlal position justbefore drivin a section of wire is also shown therewith. %ig. 4. s asimilar view, with the parts in final position.

The staple-.5 has its prongs 6 first convergmg about midway an nearlymeeting at 7,

,and then diverging to their extremities 8 in arcs. of. circles ofsubstantially the same diameters. By this construction it is obviousthat when the staple is driven the points will follow in directionssubstantially similar to their outward contour, that is their willcontmueto curve first outwardly an then upwardly, substantially as shownby the dotted lines n Fig. 4, forming a most eflicient clench-., mg mentwith the wood or other mamto which the staple is driven. Such astructure is particularly wire such as 9 is to be he din position by thesta 1e, since the same may be efiiciently loo ed between the staple 5and plate 10; 1t being impossible for the staple to be withdrawn fromthe wood, a perfect grip of the wire is maintained. This is only anexample of one of the uses of the staple that cannot in the slightestdegree be withdrawn after being driven and clenched as above described.

The plate 10 is provided with apertures 11 to receive the rongs of thestaple, and serves as a guide for t and also to form a vise or look fora body such as the wire 9 between the plate and the staple.

What I claim as my invention is,

1. A staple consistmg of a single strandof wire from the loop of whichthe prongs incline toward each other until they meet or nearly meetabout midway their extensions then diverge with curved equal bend totheir extreme end points.

2. A wire staple consisting of a single strand of wire having its prongsconverging about midwa their extensions and then (llverging in sustantial arcs of circles to the extreme end points thereof.

3. The combination of a staple consisting of a single strand of wirehavmg its prongs convergm about midway their extenslons and theniverging in substantial arcs of circles to the extreme end pointsthereof, with a metal late having apertures for receiving and gui mg thespread of said prongs. In testimony whereof, I have s name to thisspecification in the pre two subscribing witnesses.

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